Superhero suits
Jun. 28th, 2018 12:01 pmWhich is the expensive bit of the Iron Man and Spider-man suits?
Like, is it expensive because it's made of gold and other expensive bits?
Or because it takes a lot of machines to make the machines that make it?
Or because there are many workers involved somewhere?
Or because there are lots of parts bought in from many places, not just Tony fabricating things?
Or because Tony is adding his own work in as costing giant money per hour?
... he charged SHIELD for his consulting hours and reckoned they couldn't afford him, yesno?
But like, why are things expensive?
And is he talking about the cost or the price?
Like, is it expensive because it's made of gold and other expensive bits?
Or because it takes a lot of machines to make the machines that make it?
Or because there are many workers involved somewhere?
Or because there are lots of parts bought in from many places, not just Tony fabricating things?
Or because Tony is adding his own work in as costing giant money per hour?
... he charged SHIELD for his consulting hours and reckoned they couldn't afford him, yesno?
But like, why are things expensive?
And is he talking about the cost or the price?
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Date: 2018-07-01 11:15 am (UTC)A lot of things are not expensive for the actual material. Diamonds are not expensive for the actual material, oddly enough.
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Date: 2018-07-02 04:15 pm (UTC)How much is the Mona Lisa? It's just a piece of fabric and some paint, and the dude who actually put in the work is long dead, so he doesn't need to get paid...